An Infinite Collection of Quasi-Isometrically Distinct Graph Braid Groups

Series
Geometry Topology Seminar
Time
Monday, September 20, 2010 - 2:00pm for 1 hour (actually 50 minutes)
Location
Skiles 114
Speaker
Xavier Fernandes – Emory University
Organizer
John Etnyre
We adapt techniques derived from the study of quasi-flats in Right Angled Artin Groups, and apply them to 2-dimensional Graph Braid Groups to show that the groups B_2(K_n) are quasi-isometrically distinct for all n.